Wallin Education Partners grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Bakeberg
Last action: 2026-03-05
Official status: Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2026-03-05 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Wallin Education Partners grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Wallin

Education Partners.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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APPROPRIATION; WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS.
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$750,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the workforce development fund to

the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to Wallin Education

Partners to support its career development program, which provides career exploration, skill

building, mentoring, direct talent pipeline development, and early employment readiness

for under-resourced participants. Money may also be used to expand Wallin's construction

and health care pathways programs, which offer advising, hands-on learning, and work-based

experience to prepare participants for careers in construction, health care, and related fields.

This is a onetime appropriation.

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